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Stinging rose moth (larva)

Parasa indetermina

Description:

The full-grown caterpillar is 3/4 to 7/8 inch long; basic color is yellow. The body bears pairs of long, horn-like, bristly spines and clumps of smaller spines which are characteristic of several of the slug caterpillars. A useful identifying characteristic is the broad purplish band down the midline of the back. Within the band are narrow whitish longitudinal lines, which may be interrupted by constrictions in the band. Reddish, white, and purple lines occur along the sides. (information from BugGuide)

Habitat:

Deciduous forest. (this specimen was found on a species of oak)

Notes:

Hosts of the stinging rose moth caterpillar include apple, cottonwood, dogwood, hickory, oak, redbud, sycamore and rose bushes.

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30 Comments (1–25)

rams4d
rams4d 10 years ago

Excellent, congrats !!!

Andreas Kay
Andreas Kay 11 years ago

Fantastic species :)

YukoChartraw
YukoChartraw 12 years ago

Looks like a ribbon candy!

Aaron_G
Aaron_G 12 years ago

Thanks to everyone for the kind comments and to PN for the SOTD designation. I was really surprised to find this caterpillar and its beauty was definitely not lost on me. :-)

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

Awesome spotting Aaron! Congratulations!

Congratulations Aaron on this SOTD!

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 12 years ago

Congratulations on a stellar spotting! This moth is amazing! Could you add it to my mission, Moths of the World? Thanks very much!

Jonathan Sequeira
Jonathan Sequeira 12 years ago

Felicitaciones en el SOTD

Reza Hashemizadeh
Reza Hashemizadeh 12 years ago

Congratulations Aaron on this Beautiful Spot and SoTD !

Jolly Ibañez
Jolly Ibañez 12 years ago

Congratulations Aaron. Beautiful SOTD

Adam Braz tb2
Adam Braz tb2 12 years ago

Congratulations, nice spotting!

CarolSnowMilne
CarolSnowMilne 12 years ago

Awesome Aaron! Congratulations! It is a very cool caterpillar. If it is just in the south, please mail me one. LOL

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 12 years ago

Wow!
Wonderful!!!!!

Atul
Atul 12 years ago

Congrats Pal :)

NeilDazet
NeilDazet 12 years ago

Congratulations on SOTD and spotting #600 friend! Way to go!!

Noel Buensuceso
Noel Buensuceso 12 years ago

Congrats Aaron!

ja.emmans
ja.emmans 12 years ago

Love the coloursjob

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 12 years ago

Congratulations Aaron !

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 12 years ago

Congratz Aaron :)

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 12 years ago

Congratulations Aaron !!!

LeanneGardner
LeanneGardner 12 years ago

Congratulations Aaron!

Wild Things
Wild Things 12 years ago

Beautiful! Congratulations!

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 12 years ago

Congratulations for the SOTD, Aaron, it surely was well deserved.

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 12 years ago

congrats!

Yasser
Yasser 12 years ago

Congrats Aaron! This gorgeous caterpillar has earned you Spotting of the Day honors! Thanks for all of your awesome contributions. From spotting awesome species like this one, to helping properly categorizes existing spottings, we really appreciate it.

"The body of the Stinging rose moth caterpillar bears pairs of long, horn-like, bristly spines and clumps of smaller spines which are characteristic of several of the slug caterpillars."

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Aaron_G
Spotted by
Aaron_G

Mena, Arkansas, USA

Spotted on Oct 11, 2012
Submitted on Oct 13, 2012

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